Landscapes: Volume 2

An spectacular time-lapse video from Dustin Farrell showing how astonishing #Earth & #Nature can be

Watching in Full Screen and Top Volume highly recommended

And for the ones that have not seen yet the First Volume, here it goes:

Beauty flourishes at night

 

#architecture #losangeles #LA Light from Colin Rich

Pepakura & Origami

“Between the folds” Documentary about the art & science of folding paper in the modern world through an ancient technique.

Widely awarded and acclaimed in film festivals, this movie covers the ancient technique of Origami (paper folding) and Pepakura (papercraft) originating from Japan, and how it is used nowadays by renowned scientists and artists, MIT and NASA included. They do it as a way for representing mathematics, to experiment with geometry and prototyping, or just to express beauty through art. I strongly recommend watching this inspiring and revealing film about a intriguing technique with plenty of potential.

Directed by Vanessa Gould from Green Fuse Films

And for the ones wanting to step further, you can download and experiment with Pepakura Designer, a program for converting 3D objects into paper sculptures. Or take a look at the work of other artists for inspiration, like Richard Sweeney, one of my favourites, or Isaac Salazar and Taras Lesko. Also, there are some good websites around this, like Pleat Farm and huge Flickr Galleries with examples.

Icosahedron by Richard Sweeney	Read Cursive by Isaac Salazar

You can see the Trailer of the movie below and if you like it

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Moving Architecture. Video Projections on Buildings.

Buildings are leaving behind their characteristics as permanent still volumes and changing into interactive elements. Human perception shifts to perceive them now more like a TV than a squared sleek facade. That gives them the special effect "in motion" that we didn´t have before, opening the possibilities to a broad spectrum of typologies.

 It seems large scale video projections are becoming lately very popular as an instrument of marketing and a way of attracting attention in cultural events and art hubs. Here is a video projection from URBANSCREEN, a german company dedicated to the production of this special unique pieces of architecture in motion.

You can see one of the videos about their great creations here:

 

555 KUBIK | facade projection from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

Anish Kapoor Exhibition in Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

 

Anish Kapoor, one of my most praised sculptors, is on show  at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Now there is just one left to complete my top 3 exhibiting together in Bilbao. Richard Serra is part of the permanent collection, so Antony Gormley should start getting his hands dirty preparing something for the spanish eyes. Well, in the meantime we must be happy to have such a revelation as Kapoor, and some of his creations inside Puppy's Kennel.

 

Guggenheim Press Release:
" The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents a major solo exhibition devoted to the art of Anish Kapoor, one of the most influential sculptors working today. The exhibition, which opened to enormous acclaim at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in fall 2009, is the first large-scale survey of Kapoor’s work to be seen in Spain.

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ACE. New York kick-ass hotel for art lovers

 

Anyone going to New York? Just check this hotel out before making any decisions... I haven´t been but it looks great and it has all what it needs to be a great place, perfect for having a great experience. It´s something like the backpackers vibe taken to the next level with an extra hint of chic feeling. Just how I like it.
ACE Hotel New York

Antony Gormley. Firmament IV

 

Antony Gormley (UK) is just a machine of innovation, creativity and talent. In my opinion one of the best artists alive nowadays. His expression of the human body and the social interaction in our society leaves none indifferent. Words don´t do justice to his work, which can´t just be explained. It has to be seen an experienced live. There is a new exhibition in Sydney, Australia, so if you happen to be around, just drop by and post back your comments, as I would have loved to see it with my own eyes. For the rest of us, the only option is to admire the pictures from the exhibition in Design Boom or take a look at the photos about his creations uploaded from any user on Flickr.

New York Invasion by 8 bits creatures!

 

[VIDEO] New York invasion by 8-bits creatures!
PIXELS is Patrick Jean' latest short film. It shows the invasion of the city of New York by digital creatures taken from games we played when we were children... (I know some people still do).
This video is the best piece of work I have ever seen in years! In terms of creativity, production, details, effects,...
It is just a-w-e-s-o-o-o-o-o-m-e !

Tokyo Glow

 

[VIDEO] Great video written and directed by Jonathan Bensimon with effects related originally to digital photocameras. It tells the story of an illuminated man from a crosswalk sign, wandering around the streets of Tokyo.